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Gary originally joined Groom Law Group in 1981, after serving as ERISA Counsel to the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. In 1987, he left the firm to serve as General Counsel to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Gary decided to return to Groom after his stint at PBGC and now serves on the firm’s Executive Committee.

Gary is a leading expert on issues relating to the treatment of employee benefit plans in bankruptcies, and he has represented both debtors and creditors in bankruptcy cases involving substantial benefit liabilities and assets.  In addition, he represents a number of the nation's largest plan sponsors, service providers, multiemployer plans, and fiduciaries in a variety of areas, including litigation, planning, and advice.  He says, “The impact of what we do on ordinary people is one of the reasons we take our responsibility to our clients as seriously as we do.”

Gary would have to admit that managing a group of smart people who all have ideas about what the firm should be doing is not always easy, but he credits Groom’s collegial atmosphere for making his job rewarding and personally satisfying. It also does not hurt that Gary, long ago, made a conscious decision to keep his work in perspective. He reads history and biographies to bring a sense of context to his understanding of the world and bikes to work as often as possible. “Riding along the C and O Canal helps me to appreciate the spectacular, natural beauty that surrounds us,” Gary says,” and balances the mental challenges of work.” “And getting passed by faster riders keeps me humble,” he adds.